San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-03-07

tablished the first slaughter-house in the
far west, with the object Of supplying
dressed beef to the Pacific coast. / en-
countered great opposition from Chicago
men, who used to get live cattle from
the west, kill them In Chicago and ship
them as dressed beef back to the west.
1.-The result of that competition was
| to bring us by degrees further and fur
Their east, first to st. Paul. then to Chi
cago, and finally, in July, 1885, to New
York. Today we are bringing dressed
beef from Western Dakota to the sea-
board, a distance Of over two thousand
miles, a thing which had been called
impraoticsbe. Over
THREE THOUSAND BEEvEs
We're sold last year in New York, 10
perfect condition, but owing to the fact
that we did not control any outlets, the
returns were not what they ought to
have been. Still, the practicability was
demonstrated. and this year retail stores
were established in this city so as to en-
able us to reach the public directly.
This last summer over 1000, 900 pounds
OF dressed beef, killed on the ranch,
were sold direct to New York consul
mers.
1.-THE result of the experiment was to
demonstrate by actual figures what a
saving can be made By this new system
of distribution. To give clear idea Of
1t, | will state that the average annual
cost at which a pound OF meat is re-
tailed in New York city is liz cents.
The average price at which one pound
of meat can be purchased throughout
the year, say in Kansas city, in the open
market, is AZ cents. The difference be-
tween liz cents and Al cents is the
actual cost OF the distribution, or over
rs per cent the cost OF the meat to the
New York consumer. By the new sys-
TEN this cost Of distribution can be re-
duced over 20 per cent. as follows: TAX
ing as the standard price for the pur-
chase of the meat 40 cents, we will add
30 for slaughter-hOuse expenses, for
freight, ops for wholesale expenses, / for
profit, l.50 for retail expenses and we ar
rive at total of $50 cents as the
cost to the New York consumers,
against Sll so cents under the old sys-
TEN. By establishing slaughter houses
In Texas and direct communication with
New York we can deliver
TEXAS BEEF
here for Sc. 80, and If objection is made
to CRASHED beef we can answer 1t by
producing grain-fattened beef at $3.50.
"Of the $3.50. OOO. 600 annually spent
for meat in this c0untry. fuIly go per
cent, represents the cost of distribution.
which NAV be reduced by fully 30 per
cent Here TOO ia anorbeT CONFEDERATION.
L. 1868 there were S25 horned cattle TO
every OOO inhabitants. while in 1881
there were only 775 to the thousand
Now. n we wonId keen down the oost of
onr meat in vie " of the diminishin0 sun-
pIy we must keen down the cost az dis
tribution. and the way to aroomnIish
economy of distribution ia to make the
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would do by becoming stockholders
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